The Most-Read WIRED Transportation Stories of 2017

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The Most-Read WIRED Transportation Stories of 2017

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When I worked at Texas Monthly magazine, there was no surer way to capture a reader's attention than to put Willie Nelson on the cover or in the headline. It seems WIRED's version of the Red-Headed Stranger is one Elon Musk. This year, the Tesla CEO (probably better known as a hat salesman) finally launched the car company's Model 3 and unveiled an electric big rig to much fanfare—and to much interest of the WIRED audience.

But it wasn't just Tesla dominating the headlines. Hyperloop, popularized by Musk when he open-sourced his design for the high-speed tube train, also won the year, with Virgin Hyperloop One (not associated with Musk) making great strides in testing its technology. Though, there was one story where both Musk and Hyperloop made it into the headline—and of course it made our list of WIRED's 17 most-read transportation stories of the year.